Since the Eighties, machines have existed to enable 3D printing, but in recent years the technology has come on in leaps and bounds. Now, it is possible to create your three-dimensional models from digital files on materials printers. The applications for so many industries are almost boundless and are available for businesses as well as the home.
The newer 3D printers are today's precision tools, utilizing different materials to render creative ideas as realistic prototypes. To help convince your investors, secure funding for a manufacturing proposal, persuading customers and possible distributors, there's nothing like a convincing model people can really handle. It gives a whole new meaning to 'you have to see it to believe it'.
From your modelling software, animation program or CAD - computer-aided design, your 3D printer can transform ideas into models that are nearly identical in the physical to a virtual model. Pretty much all shapes and geometric configurations can be constructed, layer on layer, from the virtual rendition's cross sections. This is sometimes called additive manufacturing (AM), as it builds layers to make your object, as opposed to former techniques that drilled material away. Therefor, 3D printers create much less waste, saving you money.
Manufacturers including Eden, Objet Connex and Desktop have brought the technology on considerably. There has been a huge increase in the sales of 3D printers over the last 9-10 years. So, costs have also come way down. This enables more and more companies to enjoy reliable and rapid prototyping. Designers and engineers find this technology, whether in desktop or industrial sized printing, absolutely invaluable.
Other professionals that benefit include architects, jewellery designers, dentists and medical R&D specialists, footwear creators, construction designers, watch makers, educators, civil and aerospace engineers, GIS researchers and of course car designers. Even hobbyists and DIYers can bring their own creations to life through this increasingly affordable technology. The use for this technology is endless.
The new type of 3D printers emerging from companies such as Object Connex will quickly manufacturer your 3D model. They use as many as sixty different substances in 16-28 micron layers, to build transparent and opaque objects. They could be rubber and flexible or rigid, rendered to extraordinary accuracy and quality.
In the past, the technology has been priced beyond the individual developer or SME. But with prices now coming in below $10k, creating rapid prototypes is affordable and can be done right on your desktop. Even students, professional designers and smaller engineering firms can invest in the transformational technology of 3D printing.
The newer 3D printers are today's precision tools, utilizing different materials to render creative ideas as realistic prototypes. To help convince your investors, secure funding for a manufacturing proposal, persuading customers and possible distributors, there's nothing like a convincing model people can really handle. It gives a whole new meaning to 'you have to see it to believe it'.
From your modelling software, animation program or CAD - computer-aided design, your 3D printer can transform ideas into models that are nearly identical in the physical to a virtual model. Pretty much all shapes and geometric configurations can be constructed, layer on layer, from the virtual rendition's cross sections. This is sometimes called additive manufacturing (AM), as it builds layers to make your object, as opposed to former techniques that drilled material away. Therefor, 3D printers create much less waste, saving you money.
Manufacturers including Eden, Objet Connex and Desktop have brought the technology on considerably. There has been a huge increase in the sales of 3D printers over the last 9-10 years. So, costs have also come way down. This enables more and more companies to enjoy reliable and rapid prototyping. Designers and engineers find this technology, whether in desktop or industrial sized printing, absolutely invaluable.
Other professionals that benefit include architects, jewellery designers, dentists and medical R&D specialists, footwear creators, construction designers, watch makers, educators, civil and aerospace engineers, GIS researchers and of course car designers. Even hobbyists and DIYers can bring their own creations to life through this increasingly affordable technology. The use for this technology is endless.
The new type of 3D printers emerging from companies such as Object Connex will quickly manufacturer your 3D model. They use as many as sixty different substances in 16-28 micron layers, to build transparent and opaque objects. They could be rubber and flexible or rigid, rendered to extraordinary accuracy and quality.
In the past, the technology has been priced beyond the individual developer or SME. But with prices now coming in below $10k, creating rapid prototypes is affordable and can be done right on your desktop. Even students, professional designers and smaller engineering firms can invest in the transformational technology of 3D printing.
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